Local Tea Party meets at Poe's office

Published 12:00 am, Thursday, March 11, 2010

Poe answered the crowd's logistical questions via telephone about the status of the health care reform bill and addressed his own issues with it. He paused briefly to cast a vote on a bill and then returned to voice his own concern with the bill.

"How do we come up with the money if this bill passes?" he asked the crowd. "Well, new taxes."

Poe said he also had a problem with supporting a bill that would turn health care over to the federal government.

"There are a lot of other details in the bill that are just a big mistake," he said. Many members of the crowd in attendance nodded their heads in agreement.

After speaking, the crowd - dressed mostly in red and wearing Tea Party shirts with slogans like, 'We are tea'd, join the Tea Party' - had a question-and-answer session with Poe, mostly asking logistical questions about the bill's passing.